The Primitive City of Timbuctoo

Abaradyu age-grade Alfa Allah Arab Arab and Songhoi Arab slaves Arma Bambara baraka barbers Bela belief Berabich birth Bourem boys bride brother buctoo bush cadi Caillié camels caravan ceremony charms child circumcision cloth commercial common comrades concubine conflict corpse cowries cross-cousin culture custom Daga daughter deceased divorce Djenné economic ethnic group father feast fetish fetishist French Gabibi genii gifts girl grave grigri groom Hausa husband huts in-law Kabara kabi kambu Keyna kola nuts kondey Koran koterey marabouts marriage married Mohammed Mohammedan Moroccan Morocco Moslem mosque mother native Negro Niger parents pattern person population prayer quarter recognized relatives religious ritual robes saints salt sand Sankore serfs shea butter shereef sister slippers social society Songhoi Sonni Ali status Sudan Sudanese supernatural taboo Taodeni term Timbuctoo tion town trade traits Tuareg vampire vendors Westermarck wife wives woman women Yakouba